Archive for February, 2003

Bere Admin February 5th, 2003

Superior Interiors

5 February 2005

Mark Thompson, a theatre designer, has worked extensively with the Royal National Theatre and RSC, as well as on several West End hits including Art, The Blue Room and Arcadia.

I was designing The Unexpected Man at the RSC when I met Justin Bere. The set design incorporated a glass floor, and since he specialises in glass he became involved. He found it intriguing as he’s never worked in theatre before. We got on immediately; when my partner, Anthony Ward (also a designer), and I bought our house in Kent, it seemed mad to keep a large flat in town. A smaller place with a studio was ideal, and when we found this shell in an old Scholl shoe factory, we thought of Justin. Continue Reading »